The original Science Fiction Stories
July 1957
Cover: Kelly Freas
This is a pretty cool image. I see an astronaut calling out for help and an approaching turtle/serpent with alien riders. Will they be friend? foe? Who knows. Its a pretty cool picture though.
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Fantastic Universe Science Fiction
July 1958
Cover: Virgil Finlay
I would like to point out that this illustration was published a little over a year before anyone first landed ANYTHING on the moon. It would be over 10 years before a human would arrive there. To the readers, this illustration was every bit fiction. While Virgil’s vision of the space ships we would send may have been fairly off, his depiction of the astronauts wasn’t too bad. Actually, I think NASA could’ve used a bit more color.
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Analog Science Fact
July 1969
cover: Kelly Freas
This one is full of Freas’ artwork, a great selection of illustrations. This specific cover makes me think about how easily we could get confused on the pet/owner relationships of our alien friends if they were’nt so obviously humanoid/birdoid.
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